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Vernonites have a new way to provide their input on the city's doings.The city has launched Let's Talk Vernon, a new online engagement site, replacing engagevernon.ca.The new platform gives residents more ways to provide ideas and feedback, and has better tools in place to gather that input.A city staff report said the...

A heli-skier has died after being caught in an avalanche southeast of Revelstoke.RCMP say the incident occurred on the afternoon of Thursday, Feb. 19, in a backcountry area.The skier was reportedly located in a debris field under 1.5 metres of snow. CPR was initiated and the person was airlifted to Queen Victoria Hospi...

West Kelowna RCMP are reporting that local retail theft will not be tolerated.This, after a two-day targeted initiative at several retail locations last week where several people were investigated for 18 theft-related incidents.Police said about $3,000 in stolen merchandise was recovered.Mounties said nine investigatio...

A controversial housing development proposed for the hillside overlooking Vernon has been redrawn.In February of 2025, the B.C.-based home builder, Kerkhoff Develop-Build, presented a plan to Vernon City Council to build a 4,000 unit housing development at 580 Commonage. Of those units, 1,800 of them would be set at at...

The federal government is looking to invest in Canadian companies for its military equipment, which could, in turn, benefit the Okanagan and the provincial economies.The Canadian government has developed an Industrial Defence Strategy aimed at prioritizing building military equipment within the country, awarding defenc...

The District of Coldstream is looking for some outside funding so it can move its Emergency Operations Centre (EOC).The municipality's EOC has been set up at the council chambers in the past, but the Noble Canyon wildfire incident near Lavington showed the space was no longer suitable for that purpose.A Coldstream staf...

Kelowna RCMP are investigating a stabbing reported in the city's downtown core Monday evening.Officers were called around 7:30 pm on Feb. 17 to assist BC Emergency Health Services in the 1000 block of Richter Street, where a person was found suffering from stab wounds.The Kelowna RCMP General Investigation Section said...

Kelowna is seeking hundreds of volunteers as preparations ramp up for the 2026 Memorial Cup, one of the premier events in Canadian junior hockey.The Canadian Hockey League, the Kelowna Rockets, and the local host organizing committee said approximately 450 to 500 volunteers will be needed to support the tournament, whi...

Vernon saw drug deaths decline significantly last year.The B.C. Coroners Service said there were 28 lives lost to illicit, toxic drugs locally in 2025.That figure was down from the 44 deaths the year before, and down from the record-high 56 deaths in 2023.Kelowna also saw drug-associated deaths decline, though not at a...